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Interesting. It appears I have once again re-invented the wheel(*). I needed a quick-and-dirty encoding scheme for some short binary data. I started with A-Z and 0-9, and then removed I, O, 0 (zero), and 1 (one) to bring it down to 32 characters. The result looks an awful lot like Microsoft's scheme for product keys.
(*) Yes, I'm aware of the pun given my last name. Sigh.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I love it when people quote wikipedia at me -- I can simply ignore them because I know they're wrong.
It saves a lot of time in discussion.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dødheimsgard - Ion Storm[^]
Dødheimsgard is a band I've known for a long time, but never really listened to.
This particular album has been playing once or twice every few years, but I never really could get into it.
Until now that is.
I decided to give it another listen because I was on my bike at night which brought me back to my teenage years when I used to listen to this more often.
And for some reason the pieces fell into place.
It's labeled "avant-garde black metal" so it's kind of an uneasy listen for a genre that's already difficult to listen to
Anyway, I could get very much into it this week, so SOTW.
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Yeah, for some reason I started listening to this and then got into Arcturus (an old favorite), Manes and Ved Buens Ende, the "avant-garde" metallers of yore
If you like this you'll probably like them too.
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Nice ones!
For a moment there I was expecting the French black metal band Peste Noire
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Well, let's keep it at cool-ish
Catchy though.
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Thoughtful writers I have followed (7)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I thought it might last longer than that ... you are up Monday.
Are to explain for the others?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That was way too easy for one of yours - try doing one in Welsh
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Easy, ya - but elegant clue - sometimes the art takes precedence?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Are to explain for the others?
Nope
Nice clue though
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Since Tim doesn't want to explain:
Thoughtful
writers PENS
I have followed IVE PENSIVE[^]
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Did not get the part of IVE
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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"I have" ==> "I've" ==> "IVE"
"Followed" => "came after the other bit".
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Quote: ... it's the most immersive headset we've ever used. In atmospheric first-person shooters, such as Metro Exodus, that makes a world of difference. A game that might seems mundane at first blush is enhanced exponentially by the tangible pulsation of shotgun recoil and massive trembling brought on by giant shrimp literally shaking your canoe along your travels. Sometimes, I get an itch to wander off my relatively narrow trail through the digital wilderness, and I go read something from what (for me) are the antipodes of what computer use is about (i.e., gaming, over-clocking, gushing-over-the-latest-shiny articles in Wired, or one of those TED videos that reek of in-group self-aggrandizement).
Like the above quote in a PC Gamer site review of a headset. I must say, I like the poetic language used, and ... giant shrimp shaking a canoe ... that reminds me ... literally ... of certain dimensions of expat life in Asia.
Note to self: never buy anything haptic.
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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I still think text adventures are the best games I ever played
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Christian Graus wrote: I still think text adventures are the best games I ever played
Agreed! (Though I do really like Skyrim)
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I've never played a computer game, ever. Well, I played Asteroids a bit back in the 80s, if that counts. I haven't watched TV for a couple decades either for that matter. It's all just a massive distraction. Don't unhook or you might miss something.
Explorans limites defectum
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I stopped watching TV in 1999, but I do a bit again, mostly to spend time with my wife
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So you just employ other methods to distract yourself?
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